Windows defender

Browntoa

spywarebot is just trading on spybots name....

http://startup.networktechs.com/srch-SpywareBot.html

Startup Name Process Name Details

SpywareBot SpywareBot.exe "Spyware remover - not recommended"

needmoney

I have now removed spywarebot and installed spybot, it found 464 problems and the free version has fixed just 20 :eek:saying to fix the rest I have to buy the full version, in the middle of all this firefox installed updates. All this stuff scares me to death incase I kill my pc:eek:

Eagle_1

I didnt have to pay

Needmoney I will leave you in the capable hands of these techy peeps cos they are dead clever and they will sort you out

thank you for the help you guys, muchly appreciated.

needmoney

Eagle_1 wrote: »

I didnt have to pay

Needmoney I will leave you in the capable hands of these techy peeps cos they are dead clever and they will sort you out

thank you for the help you guys, muchly appreciated.

Pay for spybot you mean? I didn't have to pay but it would only fix 20 problems, more than that and I'd have to pay.

needmoney

I have also installed windows defender which found 1 problem and fixed it yet spybot found 464

skiddy2k

Spybot finds loads of cookies (which arent exactly malicious)... other AS software dont find as much seeing as they're not too important in comparison to other files, so cookies are at the bottom of the list... thats why it looks like there's a massive difference in detection rates, but not too much of a diffrence in security rates. I would have thought having WD as well as SpybotS&D will be alright (although i prefer AVG-AntiSpyware and SuperAntiSpyware)

albertross_2

I wouldn't get too worried over these numbers that the spyware scanners push out.. although they may be malicious, when you have hundreds or even 10's of items found, and no noticeable impact on the PC, the numbers are likely to be overstated, either by double counting, harmless MRU entries, or counting a tracking cookie as a malicious object which it is not. It's marketing.

To stop tracking cookies getting on your PC in the first place..

IE, tools, internet options, privacy, advanced, and tick block third part cookies, and OK. When you do malware scans, many products highlight and delete these cookies, this will stop them before they get to your PC..

BillScarab

Remember if you stop tracking cookies, you won't be able to use sites like Quidco or Rpoints.

needmoney

Thanks to you all for replying, last night I installed AVG ant-spyware. I must re-install avg antivirus too , never seemed to have a problem with that. although I was blissfully unaware of anything till that spybot thingy threw up four hundred odd:eek::D. Most of them are still there hopefully doing no harm.

I must visit here more often and learn about this stuff, I suppose just enjoying your computer and leaving it to it's own devices can be dangerous:D